He emphasized the importance of the battle in north Hupeh. "This, Chinese victory has given a serious Dblov to the regime at Nanking under Wang. Ching-wei and demonstrated the increasing Mghting power of the Chinese Armhy."
Replying to questions, General Ho stated that the strength of Japanese forces in China at present' totalled 85. divisions. Estimating that 1,600 replacements were required for each division a month, owing to casualties and sickness, the War Minister said the Japanese must sent between 40,000 and 50,000 men a month to China from Japan, regardless of who ther there was major fighting or n He predicted that Japanese through sickness would be heavy—Reuter.
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